жребий

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii), from Proto-Slavic *žerbьjь. Doublet of же́ребей (žérebej), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

жре́бий (žrébijm inan (genitive жре́бия, nominative plural жре́бии, genitive plural жре́биев)

  1. lot
  2. fate, destiny

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Kazakh: жеребе (jerebe)
  • Southern Yukaghir: дьэрэбэ (dʹerebe)

References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жребий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress